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Plus, the pro-Trump ads paid for by taxpayers. 

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• This Screw Is Needed for Missiles and Planes. Buying One Can Take Years., by Farah Stockman
• Iran Still Awaits ‘Official’ U.S. Response Despite Trump’s Rebuff of Cease-Fire Offer, by Erika Solomon and Alan Rappeport
• 5 Arrested on Suspicion of Terrorism Near U.K. Air Base Used by U.S., by Michael D. Shear and Amelia Nierenbe...

Plus, the Friday news quiz. 

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• In Trump’s White House, China’s Dictator Is Welcome. American Media, Less So., by Peter Baker
• Iran Proposes 7-Day Plan to End War, by Farnaz Fassihi and Pranav Baskar
• Netanyahu, Addressing U.N., Denounces Israel’s Critics as ‘Moral Cowards’, by Isabel Kershner, Farnaz Fassihi, Max Bearak and Michael Levenson
• Mental Health Among Te...

Plus, the undamming of U.S. rivers.

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• Judge Blocks Trump’s White House Ban on CNN, MS NOW and Politico, by Erik Wemple
• Battle of Hospital A.I. vs. Insurer A.I. Is Pushing Medical Costs Higher, by Reed Abelson and Teddy Rosenbluth
• OpenAI Agent Hacked Public Health Care Site, Australia Says, by Victoria Kim
• OpenAI’s A.I. Tried Breaching 4 Other Targets, Without Prompting, by Kate Conge...

Plus, El Niño is scrambling hurricane season. 

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• At the U.N., Trump Lays Out a Winner-Takes-All Vision of U.S. Power, by Zolan Kanno-Youngs and David E. Sanger
• Trump Once Vowed to ‘Own’ Greenland. He Settled for Something Much Less., by David E. Sanger, Jeffrey Gettleman and Maya Tekeli
• Trump Officials Eject 750,000 From Obamacare Markets, Claiming Fraud, by Margot Sanger-Katz,...

Plus, the man who helped put bugs on the menu. 

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• With Time on His Side, Xi Seeks to Extend Truce With Trump, by David Pierson
• Networks Suspend Pool Coverage of Trump After White House Bars CNN, by Michael M. Grynbaum and Ali Watkins
• Paramount Reaches Deal to Clear Way to Create News and Media Giant, by Benjamin Mullin, David McCabe, Shawn Hubler and Laurel Rosenhall
• German Leaders Prepare ...

Plus, the best TV shows of the century. 

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• Trump Gets Caught in a Dilemma Over a Saudi Plea for Military Help, by Helene Cooper, Eric Schmitt, Jonathan Swan and Maggie Haberman
• CNN, MS NOW and Politico Barred From White House After Trump’s Ban, by Michael M. Grynbaum, Zolan Kanno-Youngs and Benjamin Mullin
• White House Moves to Take Control of N.I.H. Grants, by Carolyn Y. Johnson, She...

Plus, the Friday news quiz. 

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• Trump Wants Putin to End the War. He May Offer Russia Business Deals First., by Anton Troianovski
• Why Russia Holds Elections, and How the Kremlin Gets the Results It Wants, by Ivan Nechepurenko
• Kennedy Assures Vaccine Skeptics That They Have a ‘Friend at the White House,’ by Christina Jewett and Teddy Rosenbluth
• In Corsica, Separatists Bomb Vacatio...

Plus, the rise of shopping sites that don’t sell anything. 

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• At Least 21 Dead in Gaza After Building Collapse, Officials Say, by Natan Odenheimer, Adam Rasgon and Abu Bakr Bashir
• Fed Raises Rates in First Major Step by Warsh to Contain Inflation, by Colby Smith
• OpenAI Discloses Six New Incidents of ‘Concerning’ A.I. Behavior, by Emmy Martin
• Fiji Declares a National Emerge...

Plus, the Russian businessman who rented an island for Donald Trump Jr. 

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• Rising Fuel Prices Set Off Anger and Protests Around the World, by Damien Cave
• House Directs Trump to Halt War With Iran or Secure Congress’s Approval, by Robert Jimison
• Trump Approves $2.8 Billion Arms Sale to Israel, Including 40,000 One-Ton Bombs, by Michael Crowley and Edward Wong
• Senate Votes to Block Cryp...

Plus, the biggest night in TV.

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• Trump’s Effort to Assert Control Over Elections Continues, Despite Court Loss, by Zolan Kanno-Youngs
• Democrats Gain Edge as Trump Drags Down G.O.P., New Poll Finds, by Shane Goldmacher, Ruth Igielnik and Sophia June
• President Trump Is on the Line About an A.I. Slowdown, by Kalley Huang, Mike Isaac and Karen Weise
• U.S. Health Officials Move Quickly to Deploy...

Plus, the man who went to space — and never wanted to go back. 

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• Some in Silicon Valley Are Questioning the Calls for an A.I. Slowdown, by Kalley Huang and Mike Isaac
• E.P.A. Expected to Erase Limits on Climate Pollution From Power Plants, by Maxine Joselow
• A Teen Autopsy Marks the Arrival of a Deadly Drug in San Francisco, by Heather Knight
• Toyohiro Akiyama, Japan’s Chain-Smoki...

Plus, your Friday news quiz. 

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• Behind the Scenes, Vance Gathered Unvarnished Views of the Iran War, by Jonathan Swan, Adam Entous and Maggie Haberman
• Houthis Seize Strategic Red Sea Port, a Major Victory for Iranian Ally, by Saeed Al-Batati, Shuaib Almosawa and Vivian Nereim
• The Iran War Is Pushing Global Coal Use to Record Highs, by Brad Plumer
• Anthropic Says It Blocked Possible Efforts t...

Plus, the secretive operation to move a 900-year-old masterpiece. 

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• ‘Pretend That I Am Running’: 7 Takeaways From the G.O.P. Midterm Convention, by Patricia Mazzei and Shane Goldmacher
• Trump Doled Out $45,000 Cash Gifts to Natalie Harp and Other Aides Last Year, by Luke Broadwater
• Trump’s Census Overhaul Would Exclude Some Immigrants and Remove Questions on Race, by Zola...

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• Will Trump’s Midterm Convention Help or Hurt Republicans? 5 Things to Watch., By Reid J. Epstein
• Iran Signals Readiness to Escalate Fight in Face of Rising U.S. Pressure, by Erika Solomon
• Israeli Allies Ban Trade With Settlements as U.K. Cites ‘Ethnic Cleansing,’ by Stephen Castle, Adam Rasgon, Aaron Boxerman and Isabel Kershner
• OpenAI Says It Has Cracked One of Math’s...

Plus, could crushable concrete stop the next plane crash?

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• In Major Leak Hunt, Pentagon Gives Polygraph Tests to Joint Staff Members, by Jonathan Swan, Adam Entous, Maggie Haberman and Eric Schmitt
• Trump Officials Draft Plan to Pay At-Home Parents, Using Funds for Working Ones, by Coral Davenport
• Trump Floats Renaming New Mexico as ‘New America,’ Prompting Pushback, by Dan Watson
• Af...

Plus, your Friday news quiz. 

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• The Risk of Russian Sabotage in Europe: A Fight That Spirals Out of Control, by Michael Schwirtz and Adam Goldman
• ‘I Wouldn’t Call It a War’: Vance Plays Down Recent Iran Strikes, by Maggie Haberman
• Trump Administration Begins Blitz to Find Elusive Voter Fraud Ahead of Midterms, by Nick Corasaniti and Hamed Aleaziz
• Trump to Break Ground on A...

Plus, the N.B.A.’s biggest punishment ever. 

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• In Small Iranian Town, a U.S. Attack Turns a Wedding Into a Tragedy, by Christiaan Triebert, Malachy Browne, Farnaz Fassihi and Erika Solomon
• Influencers Have a Lot to Say About Politics. Many Are Quietly Paid for It., by Ken Bensinger and Stuart A. Thompson
• Lindsay Clancy Murder Trial: Deadlocked Jury Will Return for 6th Day, by Maia Sp...

Plus, hiking 2,190 miles at age 91.

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• Russia Torments Kyiv With New Tactic of Nonstop Waves of Drones, by Siobhán O’Grady and Yurii Shyvala
• Putin Pledges Increased Strikes in Ukraine and Support for Iran, by Paul Sonne
• Whistle-Blower Says Trump Officials Are Defying Court Orders on Voting by Mail, by Chris Cameron
• More Mail Ballots Are Arriving Late This Cycle, and They’re ...